* <see name="The Seattle Public Library's Central Library" alt="" address="1000 4th Ave" directions="" phone="(206)-386-4636" email="" fax="" url="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central&branchID=1" hours="M-Th 10AM-8AM, F-Sa 10AM-6PM, Su 12PM-6PM" price="Free">A dramatic glass and steel structure in the heart of downtown Seattle, designed by Rem Koolhaas, that opened in May 2004. This is not an average public library and has become a tourist destination in its own right. A popular way to experience the unique architecture of the building is to take an elevator to the 10th floor, the highest observation deck. From here you can walk down to the main floor through the Book Spiral; the core of the structure which organizes the library's books in one continuous path of uninterrupted Dewey Decimal progression.</see>